diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/templates/broker/statefulset.yaml b/bitnami/kafka/templates/broker/statefulset.yaml
index b684a32d77..76cf2d3d64 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/templates/broker/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/templates/broker/statefulset.yaml
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ spec:
         - name: scripts
           configMap:
             name: {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}-scripts
-            defaultMode: 0755
+            defaultMode: 493
         {{- if and .Values.externalAccess.enabled .Values.externalAccess.autoDiscovery.enabled }}
         - name: kafka-autodiscovery-shared
           emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/templates/controller-eligible/statefulset.yaml b/bitnami/kafka/templates/controller-eligible/statefulset.yaml
index fa462ee957..2a94737bff 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/templates/controller-eligible/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/templates/controller-eligible/statefulset.yaml
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ spec:
         - name: scripts
           configMap:
             name: {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}-scripts
-            defaultMode: 0755
+            defaultMode: 493
         {{- if and .Values.externalAccess.enabled .Values.externalAccess.autoDiscovery.enabled }}
         - name: kafka-autodiscovery-shared
           emptyDir: {}